I subscribe to several blogs and websites and feeds about politics, technology, education. Some seem to be consistently interesting, and some well-written deeply engaging. EdSurge has been consistently interesting, keeping its finger on the pulse of the education business, and as well the ed.tech business. Their articles are usually quick summaries that leave me wanting more. This time I find a more in-depth piece that is worth posting on the bulletin board and presenting to my Head Of School. Shuc hi Grover's article about the 5th C in 21st-Century Learning is a great overview of the concept of Computational Thinking, particularly in the distinction between CT and CS -- it's not all coding! Fifty years ago we wanted to be Programmers (analogous to "coding"); then programming became clerical, lower-level work -- higher-order thinking is done by Analysts. This analogy matches Grover's distinction between coding and Computatio...
Thoughts on education, technology, and culture, during an international career.